Base-section for metallic furniture.



A. T. WEISS. BASE SECTION FOR METALLIC FURNITURE.

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A. T. WEISS.

BASE SECTION FOR METALLIC FURNITURE.

APPLICATI ON FILED DEC. 18, 1913.

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ALBERT T. WEISS,

OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO YAWMAN & ERBE MFG CO., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed December 18, 1913. Serial No. 807,492.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. Wnrss, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Base-Sections for Metallic Furniture; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to furniture and more particularly to sheet metal and fireproof furniture of the type comprising cabinets such as are used in oflice and library for the filing of letters and papers and in similar capacities and my invention has for its object to provide a simple construction in the matter of the base or supporting section of'such a cabinet, particularly when the latter is of the elastic or sectional kind. The

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improvements are directed in part'toward providing adequate heat insulatlng features and toward promoting convenience in the assembling of the various parts.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being claims at the end of the pointed out in the In the drawings: Figure l is a front elevation ofthe lower portion of a cabinet embodyinga base section constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the base section with the false bottom removed; Fig. 3 is I a vertical section taken from front to rear substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is afragmentary vertical section taken substantially on the line 4-4: of Fig. 3 and looking rearwardly.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the same parts.

In the present embodiment of my inven tion, the base section comprises afiat bottom wall or floor plate 1 of sheet metal turned downwardly on all sides to provide flanges 2 in the corners of which are fastened the supporting legs 3 for the cabinet. These legs and adjacent portions of the section are preferably constructed and arranged as set forth in my prior pending application Serial practically cover stitutes in reality element deep ' front and rear margins of which are flanged downwardly at 5-and thence inwardly at 6 to bear against the floor plate from which latter the false bottom is thereby spaced to form an air chamber 7 which resists the passage of heat to the interior. As a further protection in case of fire a flanged lining plate 8 is superposed upon the floor plate to the same and filled with suitable heat insulating material, such as sheet asbestos, 9.

The lining 8 is cut away at the corners as shown to accommodate sliding bolts 10 suitably guided on the floor plate 1, and having offsetends 11 that are releasably engaged on the inturned flanges 6 of the false bottom to hold the latter in place. The bolts are secured in the present instance by thumb nuts 12 accessible from beneath the floor plate 1. The edges of the flanges 6 abut the front and rear sides, respectively, of the lining plate 8 which latter thus acts as a posi-' which they'abut and to'which they'are preferably rigidly secured so that the latter con the bottom of the casing, and by channel or angle irons 15 secured to the false bottom and supporting such bottom at these points. The bars 15 in turn abut the adjacent 8 at 17 and are themselves prevented from lateral movement.

sides of the lining or insulating The rear wall 16 of the upper section eX- tends downwardly past the flange 5 of the false bottom and is thence turned inwardly at 17 beneath the flange 6 of the latter to rest upon the floor plate. The bolts 10 thus engage over both flanges and act as means for holding the upper section down at the rear, as shown. This back wall 16 is also provided with a lining plate 18 confining an asbestos or other insulating element 19, and

the said plate is extended downwardly at v20 to be confined between the wall 16 and the flange 5 of the false bottom with the angle or shoulder thereby formed at 21 abutting the latter.

The front edge or corner of the false bottom is preferably indented as at 22 in the form of a rabbet that provides a dust tight jamb for the cooperation of a door, drawer or other closure for the upper section.

It will thus be seen that the casing is protected on all sides of the base section against the action of heat. The parts are simple in construction and -may be very readily assembled or taken apart, the insulator 8 positioning the false bottom -l and the latter positioning accurately the upper section 13 as previously explained whether or not it is rigidly connected thereto.

- mentioned flanges.

2. In metallic furniture, the combination with a base section comprising a bottom wall or floor plate, of a false bottom sup? ported thereon and comprising downwardly and inwardly turned flanges for spacing the mason false bottom from the floor plate, an upper section supported on the base section, and embodying a lateral Wall having an in wardly turned flange disposed beneath one of those on the false bottom, a releasable fastener engaging over both of said last mentioned flanges, and a heat insulating element on the said lateral wall of the upper section embodying a lining plate having an angle abutting the edge or corner of the false bottom and a downwardly extending portion confined between the side of the latter and the wall of the upper section.

3. In metallic furniture, the combination with a base section comprising a bottom wall or floor plate, of an upper section having side walls resting on the side edges of the floor plate and a false bottom for the base section secured to but spaced from the floor plate and terminating short of the side edges thereof, said false bottom serving as a positioning element for the upper section.

4. In metallic furniture, the combination with a base section comprising a bottom wall or floor plate, of an upper section having side. walls resting on the sideedges of the floor plate, a false bottom for the base section detachably secured to but spaced from the floor plate and terminating short of the side edges thereof, said false bottom serving as a positioning element for the upper section, and an insulating element secured to the floor plate between the latter and the false bottom and abutting the latter at the sides to position the same during the assembling thereof.

ALBERT T, WEISS.

Witnesses:

fWALTER B. PAYNE,

RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH. 

